North Shore News April 26 2015

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December’s massive rockslide that temporaryblocked the SeymourRiver and created a newbody of water may beposing a serious threat

to the river as spawninghabitat for salmon andsteelhead trout.

The slide dumped50,000 cubic metres ofgranite into the river aboutone kilometre north ofRiverside Drive, which hasresulted in a series of new

waterfalls.Fisheries biologists from

the Ministry of Forests,Lands, and NaturalResource Operationshave begun radio-taggingwinter steelhead in hopesof finding out whether theycan make their way up the

river to spawn.“As of this point there is

no movement upstream butthat’s probably due to thelow flows we’ve experiencedlately,” said Kenji Miyazaki,fisheries biologist with theministry.

Staff are planning to tag

more of the fish in May andJune to see whether they canreach the spawning groundas the flow rate changes.

As for what happensif they can’t get through,those plans are still in

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There were somefrightening momentsThursday eveningfollowing a rollovercollision between a 17-year-old new driver andan impaired motorist inWest Vancouver.

Around 10:30 p.m. twoteens in aVolvo travellingwest on Marine DriveT-boned a Lexus SUVcoming south through theintersection at 21st Street.WestVancouver PoliceDepartment Sgt.TimKravjanski said it’s stillunclear who had the rightof way.

The Lexus flipped androlled over during theincident.

A couple in their mid-50swere taken to Lions GateHospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the Lexusdriver was found to beimpaired by alcohol and wasgiven a three-day immediateroadside prohibition.

“It’s unclear if it (alcohol)

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BRENDANMCALEERContributing writer

It is five o’clock in themorning on a smallindustrial side road inNorth Vancouver.

The pre-dawn lightis grey and thin, thebusinesses are closedand the street is empty.There is nothing to catchthe casual observer’s eyeexcept, perhaps, the goldengleam leaking out from thebottom of the bay door ofan otherwise nondescriptconcrete building.

With a hum, the doorgoes up.There’s thewhirr of a starter motor,the crackle and bark ofcombustion.With a clankand a rumble, the MonaLisa creeps out into theearly morning and goes fora drive.

There’s no other realway to describe performinga shakedown run onone of the coachbuiltpre-war cars that RXAutoworks resurrects: it’sirreplaceable art, out for astroll.The machines thatroll out of that door havegone on to collect trophiesfrom the prestigiousConcours d’Eleganceat Pebble Beach to Villad’Este, on the shores ofLake Como.

They have been judgedby both professional andthe public alike, and comeaway with bushels ofribbons and banquet setsof silver trophies. From theoutside, this shop lookslike it should be fixinglawnmowers.They don’treally fix anything at RX,they restore art.

What might you spoton such a morning? AFigoni-bodied Alfa Romeo6C? An Aston MartinLagonda V12 Rapide? A1947 Rolls-Royce? Perhapsthis time it’ll be somethinglike the twin-supercharged1938 Alfa Romeo 8Cstretching its legs, a high-spirited thoroughbred thatmechanic Rob Fram saysleft a turbocharged MazdaMiata chase car for dead.

Like art, the value ofthese cars can’t really beproperly expressed.Thecost is in the multiplemillions, of course, but it’snot really representativeof what the cars are allabout.The Figoni-bodiedAlfa 6C, for instance,is a genuine LeMans

competitor with a lengthyracing pedigree. It wasassembled in Paris byAlfa Romeo’s French-registered arm (a taxdodge), competed andwon its class in the 193524 Hours of LeManswith a lightweight racingbody, and wears its Figoniet Falaschi coachbuiltbodywork like an athlete ina tuxedo.

Even if every characteron Downton Abbey pooledtheir inheritances, theyprobably wouldn’t havebeen able to afford thisthing new. It is rare, andit is beautiful, and it is apart of history.When RXwas bringing it back to life,they removed bodyworkto find the marks of theoriginal craftsmen literallywritten on the woodwork:French instructions onre-skinning a door, a jokeor two scrawled hastilyand then hidden behindpolished and painted metalfor decades.

When I arrive at RXto find out just how some

of the most beautiful andvaluable cars in the worldhave passed through thehands of a little shop inNorth Vancouver, the staffare somewhat apologetic:Sorry we don’t really haveanything interesting inhere right now.

A green Rolls-Roycewith a placard identifyingit as the oldest Rolls inCanada is sitting in one

corner with its entire bodyremoved. A 1937 AlvisSpeed Special, resplendentin bare metal, is havingits brakes fiddled with.There’s a full-race MiniCooper up on the hoist.Right. Not interesting.

RX is formed of threecore craftsmen, each aspecialist in a particulardiscipline. Fram is themechanic, a team member

since 1999. He owns aMini Moke, but otherwiseseems like a perfectly saneand well-adjusted fellow.

Mike Taylor and IanDavey have been friendssince their early teens, andformed the genesis of RXwhen they started workingon cars. Davey already hadexperience as a panel-beater.

“A guy named DanKirby showed me how,he deserves credit,” andshowed Taylor how to weldand shape metal, workingon the latter’s Datsun 510.Taylor also experimentedon his Morris Minor.“That’s it up there,” hesays, pointing to a bare-metal body perched up inthe rafters.

The pair honed theirskills the old-fashionedway, by doing.

“Most people excel inthings they like,”Taylorexplains, and there’sclearly a love here for thechallenge, the puzzle, andthe craft.

These days,Taylor is

the metalwork expert, withDavey handling paint andfinishing. Fram came onboard eventually after firstattracting attention forhis mechanical skills inassisting in the restorationof a Jaguar XK140.Therehave been other staff,but these three form thethree legs of the stool,each working on their ownsections of the car, movingas a team, coming togetherin the crunch before a bigshow.

The restoration of animportant car like thecoachbuilt Alfas isn’tstraightforward in any way.“There’s no manual forthem,” Fram says. Manyof these cars are one ofa kind, and replicatinga part can take hoursof archival research.Photos are measuredagainst existing parts,fabrication techniques areresearched; it’s a pursuitboth of authenticity andperfection.

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Jane’s Walks in the CityMAY 1 - 3, 2015 ACROSS THE CITY

Join Mayor Mussatto as he hosts a Jane’s Walk inthe City. He will lead an informative communitywalk through Lower Lonsdale on the Spirit Trail aspart of the Jane’s Walk Festival. Jane’s Walks were

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The City is holding an Open House to begin the processof adding an artificial turf sports field in Mahon Park.The two potential locations are Fen Burdett Stadiumand Kinsmen Grass South. At the Open House we willshare background information and conceptual plans,and discuss opportunities for both locations. We lookforward to hearing from the community about thisexciting new addition to the City.

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CityFEST, the Lower Mainland’s largest Youth Week eventhappens in the City. There’s a great lineup including livelocal youth music and dance, free photobooths, youthart show, BBQ and food booths, prizes and games.Winning films from the Youth Film Competition to beshown at Centennial Theatre. Event runs 11am - 4pm.

FlowFEST, celebration of movement and flow artswith DJ’s all day. Free public workshops includingacro + flow yoga, breakdancing, and contemporarydance. Bring a mat and come play all day!

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is a causal factor, howeverthere was alcohol involved,”said Kravjanski.

Speed is not believed tobe a factor in the crash andtraffic conditions in the areawere normal at the time,according to Kravjanski.

“On aThursday nightit wouldn’t be heavy, no. Itwould be light traffic,” saidKravjanski.

The intersection onMarine Drive near theWestVancouver CommunityCentre was shut down

briefly while policeinvestigated the scene.

Kravjanski said Districtof WestVancouver Fire andRescue crews helped cut thecouple out of their damagedLexus.

Kravjanski said theaccident reinforces themessage about the dangersof drinking and driving.

“Anywhere, anytimeif you are impaired youshouldn’t be on the road,no matter how busy or howquiet it is, because either youare going to crash yourselfor you could crash into

somebody else,” he said.“Alcohol is a serious,

serious causal factor incollisions.”

The young driver of theVolvo and his passengerescaped the accident withoutinjury.

North Shore voters start to return ballots

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Between 15 and 22 percent of North Shore votershave cast their ballots fortheYes or No sides in theregion-wideTransLinkvote.

Local residents fall inthe middle of the pack forinterim voter turnout in theTransLink plebiscite.

As of Friday, 15 percent out of about 34,300

eligible City of NorthVancouver voters had turnedin their ballots, while theirdistrict counterparts fareda bit higher at 20 per centparticipation for about60,600 eligible voters,according to Elections BC.

InWestVancouver, 22per cent of about 30,100potential voters have casttheir ballots.

The non-binding voteasks whether or not MetroVancouver residents wouldsupport a new 0.5 per centincrease to the provincialsales tax to be dedicated tothe mayors’ transportationand transit plan.

The City ofVancouvercurrently has one of thehigher participation rates at

25 per cent, which is close tothe overall 22 per cent voterturnout across the LowerMainland.

One factor affectingturnout is the timing ofwhen packages were sentout, which was staggeredover a two-week periodstarting March 16.

North Shore residentsshould have receivedpackages the following week,between March 24 and 26.

District of NorthVancouver Mayor RichardWalton said he isn’t surehow relevant the NorthShore’s numbers are whencompared to the rest of theregion.

Walton said a biggerconcern is his understanding

that Elections BC was atone point a month behind inprocessing people wantingto register to vote.Waltonsaid he learned that whilecanvassing students atCapilano University.

In a close vote, that couldbe an issue,Walton said.

Elections BCspokesperson Don Maindisputes the one-monthbacklog saying the mostnew voters had to wait wasa week. He said it took a fewdays longer to process thevoters who registered onlineas opposed to those whophoned in for packages.

Jordan Bateman withthe CanadianTaxpayers’Federation said it mightbe too early to judge voter

turnout on the North Shore.“There could be literally

tens of thousands of NorthVan ballots sitting in thosebags waiting to be sorted,”said Bateman. “Next weekwe will get a much better

handle as to what theturnout should look like forthose smaller cities.”

Metro residents haveuntil midnight on May 15to request a voting packagefrom Elections BC.

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Dear Editor:In September 1973, the container ship Sun

Diamond sliced into the Erawan off Point Greyin broad daylight, ripping a 30-foot hole andrupturing one of the fuel tanks.There weremany inches of oil on Ambleside Beach andstudents were called out to clean up with haybales.The accident was blamed on human errorand miscommunication between the pilots andthe costs from the accident bankrupted the newshipping line that owned the Sun Diamond.

English Bay has up to 20 anchorages forgrain ships dropping the hook waiting to loadgrain. Sailing ships back in the 1800s usedthese same anchorages — to the delight ofscuba divers who have found artifacts in the

silt below. Freighters have been torn from theseanchorages in strong winds and forced up onthe beach of English Bay.

This is a busy port, and accidents happen,there will be spills. Many years ago the fuelbarge off Stanley Park exploded and a weekendsailor smoking a cigarette lost his life whilefilling up his boat.The explosion threw fueldrums into the air, and burned all day.The oldfireboat which was used to put out the blazewas later sold to San Francisco, replaced bysmaller, faster fire boats. Float planes have lostpower while taking off, with one plane crashinginto the waters off Stanley Park and the loss ofall the passengers’ lives.

The revenue from this busy port helps drive

our economy.There will always be incidentslike the recent container fire at Centerm thatrequire fast response times and adequateresources.

The Kitsilano Coast Guard station shouldnot have been closed, but expanded with moreoil spill equipment on hand and faster responsecapabilities.

Whether it is more oil tankers plying thecoast, or a barge losing power during fog andcrashing into the rail bridge at Second Narrowsclosing it for weeks, anyone thinking accidentswill not continue to happen at this port issmoking too much of B.C.’s local crop.Barry MilesNorth Vancouver

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In a busy port, accidents will happen“I think council needs totake a stand and not bowto the almighty dollar.”Resident Brenda Rovnerspeaks out against bringing slotmachines to the City of NorthVancouver (from an April 22news story).

“Two males started at it,pushing back and forthand hitting each otherwith those noodles.”NorthVancouver RCMPspokesman Cpl.Richard DeJong describes how a fight inLynnValley got started (from aApril 22 news story).

“You could put parkinglot after parking lot afterparking lot in Deep Coveand you are never going tosolve the problem.”NorthVancouver DistrictCoun.Lisa Muri addressesparking challenges in DeepCove (from an April 24 newsstory.

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Ballot balletT here’s no more sacred or noble

exercise a citizen can performthan casting a ballot.

Except when they don’t bother to do it.That’s the case with roughly 80 per

cent of North Shore residents who havereceived theirTransLink plebiscite ballotpackage and promptly done nothingwith it, according to numbers releasedas we hit the half-way point of the votingperiod.

The point of a mail-in ballot was that itwas supposed to be the most convenientway legally possible for someone to cast avote. No finding your polling station. Nowaiting in line. Just mark your X, mashthe envelopes together and push them inone of those red boxes at the side of theroad.

Transportation MinisterTodd Stonesaid the question of whether we should

have a new source of funding fortransportation expansion was simply tooimportant to be left up to elected leaders.Either he’s badly misread the public’sdesire or his government was simplytrying to wiggle its way out of a politicalno-win situation.

We’ve argued since the beginning thatputting this to a referendum was a badidea.When it comes to matters of publicpolicy, there are few things more complexthan a transportation system.

By now, everyone should be morethan familiar with the arguments for andagainst. Second only to the absurd cost ofreal estate, it’s probably the hottest topicin the Lower Mainland. (The less saidabout the Canucks, the better).

One thing’s for sure.With numbers thislow, it only takes a handful of ballots toswing the outcome.

Dear Editor:Re: Letter Flags Fare Evasion, North Shore

News, April 1.Writer Allan Goudling states Neil McGregor

committed an offense because he paid only $2.75(rather than $9) for a two-zone public transit tripfromYVR to Capilano University. However, as

a senior who often travels betweenYVR and theNorth Shore, I pay only $2.75 per trip regardlessof direction. How can I do it?

I purchase a one-zone, 10 trip fare saver bookfor $17.50 and upgrade each trip to two-zonesfor an additional $1.With a fare saver coupon,theYVR AddFare is not applicable. If my math is

correct, that amounts to $2.75 per trip. Perhaps,that is what Ontario writer Neil McGregor didand thus not subject to a fare evasion summons? Iwould encourage other seniors to use a fare saverbook and the upgrade option.Ken LevineNorthVancouver

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Dear Editor:While I realize Elizabeth

James’ Just Asking columnon North Shore lightrail transit publishedWednesday, April 1, in theNorth Shore News, was anApril Fool’s hoax, I do notfind it so far fetched!

In fact, I would be farmore favourably inclinedto voteYes on the MetroVancouverTransportationandTransit Plebiscite if theabove was indeed on thetable!

It was on June 12, 2013,while in the heat of the1300-block of Marine DriveGrosvenor Development

debate, that I wrote aletter toWestVancouvermayor and council with thefollowing excerpt: Cruiseship and Rocky MountainTours tourists passing bymust often wonder whatthis charming municipalityconsists of? Make this atourist destination with apretty hotel for them tostay in.Tourists going toWhistler could break theirjourney.This will bringlife and vibrancy fromwhich to build around withinteresting gift shops, etc. Intime perhaps, there couldbe a small station for thetrain to drop off tourists,

and a ferry from the cruiseship terminal to bring overtheir passengers.

Think outside the boxof more condos, more ofthe same shops that alreadyexist in Park Royal. Bringin some tourism dollars.Our beautiful waterfrontwill give tourists a chanceto stretch their legs andbreathe in our ambiance,enjoy what we are lucky tohave. Let us capitalize onwhat we have, our naturalattributes!

As a senior, I am lookingat the day when I will begiving up my car. More so,with the ever increasing

Marine Drive/TaylorWaytraffic bottleneck with theproposed 752 Marine Drivemonster development!

I and many others,would be absolutely thrilledto ride small light-railtransit between Deep Coveand Horseshoe Bay. (Atthe moment, I rarely, ifever, drive to Deep Cove orHorseshoe Bay)This lightrail would be wonderful

for getting out and aboutfor shopping and dining.With convenient stopsfrom Deep Cove and,including, at Ambleside,John Lawson, Dundaraveand Horseshoe Bay parks. Itwould also enable familieswith young children funexcursions!The smallcarriages could be prettilypainted and decorated andbecome a colourful delight

to watch go by, runningfrom 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. inthe summer months andin fewer daylight hoursin the winter. Even ferrycommuters would find itvery convenient.The netbenefit would mean fewercars on the roads.

Now my plebiscite votewould be a resoundingYes.Christine BallantineWestVancouver

Light rail system would benefit North Shore

Dear Editor:I was disappointed to

read that Coun. CraigKeating has decided thata 50-metre pool on theNorth Shore is a B projectbased on the fact no onehas “hassled him on thestreet.” I would be availableto hassle him on a morefrequent basis if I didn’tneed to drive to Richmond,Vancouver, Coquitlam andNewWestminster in order toaccess adequate swimmingfacilities.

Our sports and fitnessfacilities should not beconsidered optional.

Health and fitness isan equation where fitnesscreates good health, whilepoor health creates morepressure on our alreadystrained medical system.A 50-metre pool that canaccommodate multiplegroups at the same timeshould be consideredessential to the healthand well-being of ourcommunity.

I would urge Coun.Keating to look past thecasual street harassment andunderstand that there arelimited opportunities andspaces to build facilities thatmost other Lower Mainland

communities already have.NorthVancouver needs a50-metre pool and shouldprioritize health and fitnesswith an A+ rating.Robert MaiseyNorthVancouver

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development, Miyazaki said.“Trap-and-truck is an

option. It’s been utilized inother parts of the provincefor moving fish abovewaterfalls and slides inthe past,” he said. “It is adifficult place to work incompared to other sites I’veworked at.”

Typically, biologistswould expect to see about100 summertime steelheadsmake it up the river tospawn and 150 in the winter.

“It’s definitely adepressed stock. It’s seenhardships over time andthis is just another thingthat’s piled onto them.TheSeymour definitely does seesome angling pressure. It is

a hatchery system but it’sstill in a state or restorationor repair,” Miyazaki said.“We put a lot of effort intotrying to get the steelheadas healthy as we can but theslide has definitely put awrench in our plans.”

Fisheries and OceansCanada will be runningits own studies to see howsalmon fare on the stopped-up waterway.

MetroVancouver,meanwhile, is moving onfrom the emergency stepstaken to keep the area safepost-slide and is now tryingto figure out what willhappen with the trails in thearea.

“Fortunately for all of us,where the rock slide camedown has been determined

to be stable and so that’sgood news.The fact of thematter is though, in behind,the water level has gone upby a factor of three to fourmetres. It’s not the samewater body it was before,”said Bob Cavil, MetroVancouver’s watershedmanager.

Much of the Fisherman’sTrail in the area around theformerTwin Bridges is stillunderwater and will likelynot be reopened, Cavil said.

Tempting as it might bewhen the weather warmsup, Cavil said no one shouldattempt to go swimmingnear the site of the slide.

“There are dangers.It’s now a slow movingpiece of water but it turnsimmediately to a cascadingtorrent,” he said. “It wouldnot be wise to go swimmingin there.”

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For instance, thewiring on the Alfa 6C wasoriginally coated in shellacthat was a few shadesdarker than is availablein modern times. Frammixed his own recipeto match, and carefullycoated each wire.

Thousands andthousands of hours gointo each restoration, aprocess that goes in fitsand starts as each newobstacle reveals itself andis surmounted. As a bigshow like Pebble Beachapproaches, the team canend up working around theclock, sometimes shippingthe car at the very lastmoment.

And what’s it like to seethe product of your hardwork win the accolades?“I was so nervous (atVilla d’Este),”Taylor says.“That was my baby upthere they were judging. Ihad to take a walk. I feltlike I was going to throwup.”

But the win came timesthree: best in show byjury, public, and selectcommittee. “Pebble Beachis my holiday,” Fram sayswith a grin. “Your eyes justcan’t take in all there is.”

It is perhaps surprising

to learn that, given thelevel of skill concentratedin this perfectly kemptshop, that RX followedthe restoration of arare Alfa Romeo with aBMW Isetta. But there’s

a good reason for this,and it’s perhaps an evenbigger factor in thecompany’s success thanthe craftsmanship andattention to detail.

“We work for the

person, not the car,”Taylorsays.

RX has something of awaiting list, perhaps a yearor so, but the relationshipbetween client and restoreris of greater importance

than what is being restored.They’ve taken in humbleprojects for good clients andturned away big-dollar stuffwhen the vibe wasn’t right.

Davey, chuckling, has amore tongue-in-cheek take

on things. “You can hit thecar with a hammer,” he sayswith a grin, “but you can’thit the client.”

When I ask if there’sanything else coming soonfrom RX, everybody gets abit evasive. Oh, well, maybe,perhaps — that sort ofthing. No specifics.

But you know that comeone morning, the door willgo up again, and a piece ofrolling sculpture will rollout to shatter the silencewith straight-cut gearsand the roar of history.That’s the thing about art:you hang it on a wall andit moves you. Here, thebeauty is in the motion andthe noise and the entireexperience.

Were it not for a placelike RX, cars like thesemight become forgottenrelics or, worse, parodiesof their former elegance.Happily, here, they aregiven life again: shine andbeauty, sound and speed.

Brendan McAleer is anindependent automotive writerand photographer based outof NorthVancouver. He is amember of the AutomobileJournalists Association ofCanada, and contributesweekly to Rev, the NorthShore News’ automotivesection.

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Two North Shore organizationsare teaming up to present aninteractive forum offeringcommunity members anopportunity to learn aboutend-of-life issues, and walk awayfeeling less afraid and betterprepared for when it unfolds intheir own lives.

Representatives of FamilyServices of the North Shore andthe Paul Sugar Palliative SupportFoundation are presentingDemystifying the End-of-LifeJourney, a panel discussion,Wednesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. atKay Meek Centre.

“We used to have babies athome and we used to die at home,and people are supported to die athome now, but often end up in thehospital or in a hospice residence,and so we’re not passing down ourwisdom in the same way for us to becomfortable with the dying process,”says panelist Barbara Morningstar,program director of the SurreyHospice Society.

“What often happens is peoplepush the subject away becausethey’re afraid of it, and thensomebody in the household getssick and they’re in the middle ofa very heightened emotional timeand they’re not even aware of theservices that are available, which

adds to some of the tensions. So tobe informed ahead of time and knowwhat your options are actually willhelp you down the road,” she says.

Morningstar has bothprofessional and personal experiencewith palliative and bereavement care,having worked in the area for morethan 20 years, as well, she lost herhusband to cancer approximately sixyears ago.

“I’m not only going to weaveprofessional reflections in, but I’malso going to weave personal storiesin around what it’s like to actually go

through the journey,” she says.Other speakers include North

Shore palliative care physician Dr.Paul Sugar and pharmacist Dr.Marylene Kyriazis, co-founders ofthe Paul Sugar Palliative SupportFoundation. Family Services’manager of the companioningcommunity care program JanetQuenneville will also weigh in,and executive director Julia Staub-French will serve as moderator.

The conversation will cover: thepsychological impact of a terminalillness on the patient, and caregiver

or family; confronting fears; careplanning; available local resources;being an advocate for oneself withinthe system; and companioningsomeone to end-of-life. “The mosttender element of this is the fear ofdeath. . . and so on this evening . . .we’re going to try and inform andeducate but also invite people intoit in a way that we can hold some oftheir fears and reservations a littledifferently . . . It’s challenging, it’spainful, but it can be beautiful if it’ssupported properly, and enrichingfor everybody,” says Morningstar.

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1999: As a result of a potentialY2K problem with the classifiedorder system, the News was active throughout the summer andfall of 1999 as techies installed a new classified order systemcalled Mactive. On January 1, 2000 the new system worked likea charm… and so did the one it replaced… for about a minute.

RELAY FOR LIFERegistration is now openfor teams and individuals tochallenge themselves to walkor run five or 10 kilometresor more Saturday, June 20,4-10 p.m. at Mahon Park,NorthVancouver. Moneyraised is dedicated to theCanadian Cancer Societyfor research and supportprograms. relayforlife.ca/northshorebc

GET CONNECTED Afree newcomer programfor young immigrants andrefugees ages 18-30 who areexperiencing challenges intheir settlement process.Theprogram offers one-on-oneeducation and employmentsupport, group workshops,targeted conversationpractice, settlement

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COVE FUNWALK Afive-kilometre walk to raiseawareness and funds forMPS Sunday, April 26,9-11 a.m. at Cates Park,NorthVancouver. $40/$25.covefunrun.ca

MEC NORTHVANCOUVER RACESERIES RUNNINGCLINIC Train to run a half-marathon with a MountainEquipment Co-op 10-weekclinicTuesday, April 28, 6:30p.m. at 212 BrooksbankAve., NorthVancouver.Training distances includehalf-marathon and 10kilometres. Cost: $40,includes a free MEC raceentry. Register online.

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CHANGE, LOSS ANDHOPE Explore commonchanges in relationshipswhen caregiving, howchanges and transitionsbring forth loss and grief,and moreWednesday, April29, 6-8 p.m. at North ShoreCommunity Resources, 935Marine Dr. in CapilanoMall, NorthVancouver. [email protected]

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He’s taken on thechallenge of traversingthe 42.2-kilometre courseweighed down by anadditional 45 pounds, inan effort to raise fundsfor Muscular DystrophyCanada (muscle.ca).Proceeds will benefitsupport services, mobilityand medical equipment,and research focused onfinding a cure.

“Part of being afirefighter, you’re supposedto be involved in thecommunity and supportyour community,” saysthe 28-year-old NorthVancouver resident.

An aspiring firefighter,having completed histraining last summer,Sanderson was furtherinspired to lend his supportby his mother’s career asan educator working withpeople with special needs.

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SHAPINGTHEJOURNEY — LIVINGWITH DEMENTIA Afour-session education seriesfor people with early-stagedementia and their carepartners to explore thejourney ahead in a positive,informative and supportiveenvironment Saturdays untilMay 2, 1-3:30 p.m. in NorthVancouver. Learn aboutdementia, explore strategies

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In the summer of 1941,Bob Swannell was in anaval convoy, steamingacross the North Atlantic,destination unknown.

Having turned 17 whenthe SecondWorldWarstarted in 1939, Bob servedin the British Home Guarduntil he could train as apilot. From his home villageofWoodford Bridge, he sawthe bombers flying overheadand the docks of London inflames.

By 1941, Bob hadcompleted training withthe Royal Air Force’s InitialTrainingWing at Stratford-upon-Avon, where hotelsservicing the Shakespeareindustry had beenconverted into classroomsand dorms. His next stopwas Iceland.

The convoy was a fewdays out from Reykjavikwhen a slim blue pamphletwas distributed among thefuture aviators. In 12 pages,WhenYou GoTo Canadarevealed their destinationand introduced the customsand habits of Canadians.

Under the Empire AirTraining Scheme, Britishaircraft and personnel weretransported en bloc to thewide prairies and widerskies of Canada. Here in thevastness of the Dominion,far from the battleground ofEurope, pilots and aircrewscould be trained and aircrafttested.

Bob and his matesboarded a train inHalifax, travelling in thecolonist cars built to carryimmigrants after the FirstWorldWar. Imagine, hesays, coming from Englandwhere, “you couldn’t turnaround without runninginto another town,” to aland with a horizon sodistant that, “a dog couldrun away forever.We hadno conception of the sizeof Canada. I know we weremoving, but the train neverseemed to get anywhere.”

On April 22,1942, Bobgot his wings and a newassignment. Pilot OfficerSwannell would not bereturning to England thefray. He would remain inCanada, assigned to trainpilots for the RAF. “I wasdevastated in a sense butalso proud to be consideredable to train,” he says.

Before he enteredinstructor training, Bobwent on leave toVancouver.

“We were at theDevonshire hotel until alady in uniform approachedus, explaining she wasthere to help servicepeople. ‘Wouldn’t you bemore comfortable in ahome?’ From that homein Kerrisdale, we madeour way across toWestVancouver, where we hikedup the mountain and wentskiing for the first time,” hesays.

Bob was posted toMoose Jaw as a flightinstructor. On Aug. 21,1942, at a dance atTempleGardens, he met DorothyMoulding.That dance ledto an engagement and amarriage of 66 years.

In 1944, Bob wasassigned to return toEngland and fly operationalmissions.

“Should we marry orstay engaged? It was a toughdecision.We’ve had sucha run of luck, what if ourluck ran out?We decided towait until the war was over,whenever that might be,”he says.

Back in England, Bobtrained on the LancasterandWarwick bombers andwrote to Dorothy every day.By the time this trainingwas complete, the war was

over. Bob stayed on in theRAF, retraining Britishpilots to fly troop transportaircraft.

At last the time camewhen Bob and Dorothycould marry. Arrangementswere conducted by flurriesof aerogrammes andfinally, via a trans-Atlantictelephone call.

“I had to go to theGeneral Post Office inLondon to book a time tomake the call,” he says.

When Dorothy arrivedin Southampton aboard theAquitania, she saw a lonefigure in a blue uniformwaiting for her on the dock.They were married in St.Paul’s Church inWoodfordBridge on May 15, 1946.

The newlyweds returnedto Canada in November1946. After a winter diggingCanadian Pacific Railwaytrains out of snowdrifts inMoose Jaw, they moved

to Chemainus where Bobfound work at the sawmill.

“That was the beginningof my career with H.R.MacMillan and 40 yearslater I retired,” he says.

Bob and Dorothy raisedtheir children in townsacross Canada, settling inWestVancouver in 1961,close to the mountain wherehe skied back in 1942.

Certified to fly fighterplanes, transports andbombers, Flight Lt. BobSwannell never flew anoperational flight duringthe war. He taught thepilots that flew in battleand he built a life for hisfamily in the “great countryof Canada that was sogenerous and welcomingto us.”

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Tax time is here! Themost exciting time ofyear (just kidding).Remember, if you owethe government taxesmake sure you fileyour return before thedeadline to avoid payinglate filing penalties.

It’s a good habit toreview your personaltax return each yearand compare it with theprevious year. It gives youan idea if you are payingmore or less in taxesthan the preceding year.This brings me to thenext topic: tax efficiencyfor your portfolio. As aportfolio manager, part ofwhat we do is create tax-efficient portfolios for ourclients.

If you are an investorowning both registeredand non-registered assets,there’s a strategy you candeploy to reduce the taxliability of your portfolio.Fixed-income assets, suchas bonds and GICs, payinterest and this type ofincome is fully taxableat the same rate as youremployment income.Thistype of income is taxed atyour highest marginal rateso it is best to invest theseholdings into tax shelteringRRSP or RRIF accounts.

On the other hand,stocks that pay dividendsare taxed more favourablydue to the Canadian

dividend tax credit soinvesting in them outsideof your registered accountcan be beneficial.Youshould attempt to holdmost equities in yournon-registered accountsbecause only half of thecapital gain realized fromselling the stock wouldbe included in income.Also, if there is a loss ona position you are ableto offset any gains in theprevious three years. Ofcourse, this isn’t alwayspractical as every investor’sportfolio mix differs. Somepeople will have moreinvested in RRSPs andothers will have more innon-registered accounts(i.e. corporate, jointor personal accounts)but tax-efficient assetallocation should always beconsidered.

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fees you pay and how theycan help reduce your taxbill. Fees can be deductedagainst taxes if you payfor advice for buying orselling investments or tocover the cost of managingyour investments in anon-registered portfolio.Fees charged for managingRRSP and TFSA assets,for example, are not taxdeductible but fees paid onnon-registered accountsare deductible against yourincome.

If Clint Eastwoodgave you tax advice, thefollowing would be thegood, the bad and the uglyon fees.Those mutual fundfees you pay (but probablydon’t see) are “ugly”because they are notdeductible against income.The “bad”? That goes toinvestors who are payingmanagement fees but notdeducting them on theirtax return, not becausethey don’t want to reducetheir tax bill but becausenobody ever told them to!The “good,” of course, ispaying management feesthat are fully deductibleand claiming them onyour tax return. Payingan explicit monthlymanagement fee is cheaperafter tax in non-registeredaccounts than paying ahidden mutual fund MER.

Seeing clients save onfees and boost investment

returns makes me happy. . . and it may even causeClint Eastwood to crack asmile!

This year, manytaxpayers will also haveto complete the T1135reporting requirement.This can apply toinvestors owning foreigninvestments in non-registered accounts thathad a market value above$100,000 any time during2014.This requirementalso applies for assets suchas real estate outside ofCanada, bank accountsheld abroad and debtor shares of foreigncorporations.

Investing in a tax-efficient manner and filingyour tax return can be afrustrating process, so Irecommend you hire a taxprofessional.

Lori Pinkowski is a seniorportfolio manager and seniorvice-president, PrivateClient Group, at RaymondJames Ltd., a member ofthe Canadian InvestorProtection Fund.This is forinformational purposes onlyand does not necessarilyreflect the opinions ofRaymond James. Lori cananswer any questions at604-915-LORI or [email protected] can also listen to herevery Monday morning onCKNW at 8:40 a.m.

Options forVolunteers

The following is aselection of volunteeropportunities fromvarious communityorganizations, madeavailable throughVolunteer North Shore,a service of North ShoreCommunity ResourcesSociety.

FOOD BANKVOLUNTEERSVolunteers are neededfive days a week to helpwith organizing donatedfood items, lifting boxesand moving shelves at theNorth Shore SalvationArmy.

TEAM CAPTAIN A teamcaptain is needed for NorthShore Meals on WheelsSociety.The team captainensures there are enoughdrivers for the deliveryroutes in West Vancouver,distributes route lists to

each driver and gives themany updated information,cancellations, where toleave the meal, etc. Onoccasion, the team captainmay need to deliver mealson a route if no spare isavailable, therefore, theyshould have a valid driver’slicence and agree to have apolice check if needed.

WEB DESIGNER NorthShore Polish AssociationBelweder is looking fora volunteer to create awebsite in two languages,English and Polish, and tokeep information on thewebsite up to date.

VARIOUS VOLUNTEERPOSITIONS North ShoreSchizophrenia Societyoffers various volunteerpositions.Visit the websitefor more information at:northshoreschizophrenia.org

BUS DRIVER Volunteerdriver is needed forseniors’ bus trips to localattractions around theLower Mainland (often

weekdays, during thedaytime). Driver wouldalso assist active seniors ingetting on and off the bus.

VOLUNTEERS Volunteerto work at a wellnessdrop-in for seniors 55-plus. Currently seekingretired nurses who wouldlike to do blood pressuremonitoring for participants.

BEACH ACCESSCLEANING WORKPARTY Beach accessclearing in a group settingtakes place in variouslocations, approximatelyonce per month. Formore information contactMaureen at 604-985-7272.

INTER-GENERATIONALGARDEN MENTORSThe Edible Garden Projectmaintains two urban farmsand multiple organicgarden plots on the NorthShore.The vision is toconnect older folks withchildren to create inter-generational gardens with

opportunities to share andlearn from each other.

GOOD STUFFCONNECTIONVOLUNTEER Receive,sort and ticket items forthis non-profit store.Sort and bag items thatare being passed on toother non-profit agencies.Volunteer position does notinclude working in actualthrift store but preparingitems for store.

FAMILYFUNDAMENTALPROGRAMVOLUNTEER Supportfamilies of young childrenas they learn about ahealthy relationship withfood and exercise. Helpfacilitators set up, preparesnacks, play with children,engage with parents andclean up.

If you are interested in theseor other possible volunteeropportunities, call 604-985-7138.The society is a partneragency of the UnitedWay.

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Recipes recommend less sugar

It’s spring in theOkanagan Valley, which isbursting with promise.

The days are alreadywarm and sunny, withtemperatures nudging themid to high 20s. Bud breakis in full swing and bloom isjust around the corner.

It’s also time for the21st annual OkanaganSpringWine Festival (April30 – May 10), which thisyear features the largestnumber of wineries (120participating to date).

Looking back over twodecades, it’s amazing tosee how the spring festivalhas evolved into such avalley-long celebration, withdinners, barbecues, cookingclasses, brunches, barrelblending and more.

I wonder how muchpeople remember that thegenesis for a spring festivalactually came about whena small number of winerieswere making noises thatthe timing of the fall winefestival was challenging as itcoincided with harvest.

At the time there waseven considerable pressure

to move the now highlysuccessful fall wine festivalcompletely.

Even if the inauguralspring wine festival wasactually somewhat of anexperiment, it provedextremely popular and,of course, became theforerunner to summer andwinter wine festivals thathave turned the Okanaganinto “wine festival central.”

One of the majorcomponents of the springfestival is the Best ofVarietalWine Awards, which I waslucky to help judge onThursday.

While these awards maynot enjoy quite the sameprofile as the fall B.C.WineAwards competition, theyare growing in popularity,and keenly contested by theindustry.Witness the recordnumber of 479 entriesthis year, which marks anincrease of 30 per cent overprevious years.

These Best ofVarietalawards started back in 1994.Then they were known as“TheWinemakers Awards”and included only threered and three white winecategories.

Last week’s competition(the results of which willbe announced at a specialFestival kickoff event onApril 30) spanned 25different categories.

The judging, carried outby sommeliers, educators,media and others, usuallyinvolves about 30 entries percategory.The judges evaluateand whittle down the groupto half a dozen wines beforedeciding the overall winner.

As of now I can’t tellyou the results, whichare embargoed until the

announcement (and besides,even the judges don’tknow which wines we weretasting).What I can tell youis that lovers of OkanaganSyrah are in for a real treat asthe 2012s are released.

Much of the reasonfor that spike in entries isprobably due to the fact thatwineries have clued in to thevalue of the bragging rightsthe awards convey. Beingable to boast that your wineis the best of its categorycarries considerable weight

and prestige. Stay tuned forthe highlights of the results.I’m told there are someinteresting winners andsome “surprises.”

For more info about theSpringWine Festival checkout thewinefestivals.com.

Belly’s Budget BestLiquidity Pinot Gris 2014(Okanagan Falls)

If I were looking for abenchmark B.C. Pinot Gris(from an insanely widerange of styles) this wouldsurely be one. I tasted it

at last week’s OkanaganFalls spring release event.Up-front tropical and citruswith a juicy palate definedby lively acidity, apple andgrapefruit with a clean end.Think lighter seafood dishes,pork tenderloin or goatcheese. Delicious! ($20, 91points).

Tim Pawsey writes about winefor numerous publications andonline as the Hired Belly athiredbelly.com.Contact: [email protected].

Baking with Less Sugar,by Joanne Chang,Chronicle Books, 200pages, $34.

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Joanne Chang admits tohaving a sweet tooth.

That is a big part of whatmotivated her to pursueher passion for baking andopen the Flour Bakery& Café. After 14 years ofrunning the bakery she saysin her book BakingWithLess Sugar, “It still makesme giddy at how gorgeousa full counter of beautifullyprepared baked goods canbe.”

Sugar has always beena key ingredient in bakedgoods, but Chang has

found her interest growingin baking with less or nosugar. She suggests that notfocusing on sugar allowsmore alluring, complexflavours to come out.

Using naturalingredients like honey,maple sugar, dark chocolateand fruit, it is possible tocreate tantalizing foods

that are healthier to eat.Chang prepares readers forthis approach by providinginformation on why it’s agood idea to reduce theamount of sugar used.She also suggests itemsfor stocking a kitchen,techniques on baking withsugar alternatives, and thescience of sweets.

The recipes in thisbook are presented in fivechapters based on the typeof sweetener used.

Chang includes personalcomments in many ofthe recipes as she guidesreaders through the creationof these delectables.Throughout the book aregorgeous photographs byJoseph De Leo that willmake readers want to startbaking right away.

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Some of my mostmemorable travelexperiences have takenplace on trains — thatbrilliantly sunny day whenmy beloved father and Itook a memorable ride toWhistler months before hepassed away; or the yearswe’d hop on the train fromNova Scotia back home toQuebec after spending the

summer at the beach.So, when I was invited for

a weekend getaway to oneof America’s hippest, mosteclectic, food-crazed cities— oh, and let’s not forget atop 10 best local microbrewcity according toTravel +Leisure, I didn’t hesitate.

Whether you call itP-Town, StumpTown, theCity of Roses or BridgeCity, Portland boasts someof the most lauded foodtrucks (600 and counting)

and eateries, a multiculturalblend of residents and abooming art scene. Eventhe buildings exude a mix ofheritage and an avant gardeaesthetic.

Meanwhile, there issomething fundamentally“old world” about travelingby rail.

We headed to theVancouver’s Pacific CentralStation to board an earlymorning Amtrak Cascadestrain for our eight-hour trip.

We took our seats and soonpulled out ofVancouver.Within less than an houras we snaked towardsBellingham, the landscapechanged from cityscape torural.

There’s nothing quite likewatching the countrysideroll by from the comfortof your seat — sipping aglass of wine, smiling at thethought of those stressed-out car commuters stuck intraffic jams.

We soon befriendedfellow rail-rider ShannonSweeney. She was lookingforward to a girls’ getawayand opted for the train forthe same reason as we did— avoid traffic congestionand relax and enjoy theviews along the route thatone can only see by railway.

We also met Charles, atransplanted Portlanditewho was more than happy

Weekend in Portland

Riding the rails

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to talk about the city’sbest attributes: “There isa common saying aboutPortland Keep PortlandWeird and the city lives upto this in so many ways.Wehave one bronze sculptureof a naked lady in the centreof town that drew lots ofnegative comments when itfirst went in over 30 yearsago. It’s now a very popularphoto opportunity.”

Charles went on to say:“Portland is a walkable,clean and well laid-outcity, and if one doesn’tprefer to walk there areample options for publictransportation that are easyto use. I love architectureand good design, andPortland has done a finejob of re-developing its oldwarehouses and factoriesinto a district of greatrestaurants, cool bars,farmer-style markets andmany places to shop thatemphasize the artisanculture that Portlanditesembrace.”

As we bid adieu to ournew friends, the arrival intoUnion Station is a wonderfulfirst impression for anytraveler who appreciateshistory and architecture.

When in Rome:You know those one-of-

a-kind eateries that are soauthentic; those belovedhangouts that you just haveto pry the names out of fromthe locals? Portland is filledwith favourite local haunts

and we were given front rowseats to a few of them.

Here’s just a smallsampling: A self-professedcarnivore, my companionBrent reluctantly agreed todine at Natural Selectionsin the Alberta Arts district.This part of town is stillbeing gentrified and it’sa diverse mix of littleshops and small intimaterestaurants.

Brent perused the billof fare with a resigned lookon his face as he checkedout such entrees as the kaleand Asian pear salad, wintersquash tartar and roastedsunchoke with fennel andapple jus. After cajolinghim to try them, he dugin forgetting that we weresupposed to be sharing.Chef AaronWoo came overand Brent had to admit thathis creative team of cookschanged his outlook aboutvegan dining.

Another night, we wentto one of the most toutedhotspots in the city, Andina.This upscale authenticPeruvian restaurant assaultsall of your senses in the mostdelicious way.The dishesand flavours carry stories alltheir own, as does the musicand art work.Words suchas adventurous, modern,inventive, and tickle yourtaste buds can be used todescribe the cuisine.Youknow those eateries whereyou just don’t want theculinary journey to end?That’s Andina.

Nestled in the PearlDistrict, Nuvrei Patisserie

& Cafe’s croissants,macaroons and otherParisian confections wouldstand proud in France.Wearrived mid-morning andthe line went out the doorbut we didn’t have to waitlong. Brent looked to bein nirvana as he bit into abuttery warm croissant, theninto a bright red macaroon.I was equally impressedby the avocado turkey andhouse-made sage sausagebagel sandwiches.

What do Arnold Palmer,Memphis Mafia and MapleBacon have in common?They are names of someof the fried holy cakes atVoodoo Donuts.They arenearly a religion here. Ifthere was ever a businessthat captured the quirkyspirit of Portland, it’sVoodoo.

Where to Stay inPortland:

Portland is one of those

cities with a strong senseof self.With its funky,whimsical and exciting artand design scene, manyhotels here are nothingshort of unique.We stayedat the Hotel Monaco inthe heart of downtown,close to the Pearl District,the famous Powell’s Books(you can lose yourself forhours in this landmarkliterature institution) andPioneer Square.The plushbold fuschia lobby is a great

place to be for its nightlylobby complimentary wineand beer socials. (Fabulousappies too and some nightsfeature a local pianist).

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— For an interview withPortland Food Cart Storiesauthor Steven Shomler visithttp://bit.ly/1Eka3VM.— For more information onPortland’s food cart scenevisit http://bit.ly/1bz7tk0.

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JoanKluchaCanine Connection

I think if people actuallyhad an idea how difficultit is to raise a puppymill puppy and howbehaviorally challengedthese dogs can be, theymight be less inclined toact impulsively and buyone from a pet store, orflea market, or online orthe classifieds.

That is a paraphrasedquote from a client of minewho purchased a puppy ata flea market four monthsago.

Esthetically, Pepperis the most adorable dogyou will ever see. “She is a‘designer’ mix.That’s whatthe guy at the flea markettold me,” my client saidproudly when I first methim three months ago.

Pepper is a crossbetween a Staffordshireterrier, a Jack Russelterrier and a blue heeler(Australian cattle dog). Sheis the size of a Jack Russel,built like a Staffordshireterrier and has themarkings of a blue heeler.She is a gorgeous dog,which is why my clientand his wife fell for her.But when they broughther home, her physicalbeauty wore off prettyquickly when they realizedthe dog had no idea of .. . anything.The seller ofthe puppy told my clientsthat she was three monthsold. But upon viewing herteeth, it was apparent shewas at least six months.

Pepper washeartbreakingly terrified ofeverything — and I am notexaggerating when I sayeverything. She hid under

the couch for an entireweek. My clients fed her bylifting the couch, pickingher up and putting her inher crate to eat. Once shewas in the crate, they hadto cover it with a blanketso she would eat. If theydidn’t, she would stand,shiver and drool endlessly.

All Pepper had everknown before my clientsbought her was darkness.We surmised she hadnever seen the light of daybecause of her reaction toanything outside, whichwas to run away from itas fast as possible. Canyou imagine what it wouldbe like to run away fromdaytime?

She had never beentouched by humans, exceptfor maybe the basic actof picking her up out of abox and handing her to myclient. She would run andhide if anyone even lookedin her direction, nevermind tried to pet her. Shewould poop and pee whereshe stood, never attemptingto show the instinctualindication of circling andsniffing.When I placed

a collar the weight of ashoelace on her, she froze.She did not move whileI discussed the problemsher new owners would behaving and what they couldexpect from her. She stoodquivering, eyes closed,nose almost touching theground. After 30 minutesshe found the courage tosniff one of the treats Itossed to her and that iswhen I took the collar off.

At the end of myconsultation it was clearI had burst their first-time dog owner bubble. Isuggested a visit to the vetto discuss pharmaceuticalsor homeopathic remediesto help her cope withher extreme fears. SincePepper was dog friendly, Isuggested they get a seconddog that was super social,laid back, wise and gentleto show Pepper how dogsinteract with people.

My clients looked ateach other and asked me,“Can you take her withyou?” I did not judge themfor their request.

“No,” I said, “I can’t. Ican help you re-home heronce you’ve given it yourbest shot. She is a specialneeds dog. If your daughterwas special needs, wouldyou give up on her?”

Four months laterPepper has progressed. Shenow eats like all dogs. Sheis happy to meet peoplewho come to the housebut still won’t let anyonenew touch her. She stillhides under the couch.She still poops and peeswhere she stands, but herowners have her on a tightschedule and accidents areminimal. She can spendtime in the yard without

panicking to get out.Our next challenge will

be getting her used to theleash so her owners cantake her for a walk.Thetraining is painfully slow.

This is not what anyoneexpects when they get a

dog. Dog ownership isnot supposed to be likethis. Puppy mill breedersdon’t care about thequality of life Pepper lives.They don’t care aboutthe quality of your lifewhen you have a dog like

this.They just want yourmoney.

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Sutherland rugby coachBrad Thornhill admitsthat his knowledge of thesport was pretty limitedwhen he first started aGrade 8 program at theschool in 2008.

“All I knew aboutrugby back then was runforward, pass backward,”he told the North ShoreNews Friday.

Thornhill himself wentto school at Vancouver’sMagee secondary in the1980s when it was arelative rugby powerhousebut, lacking a bit ofsize, he was much morelikely to be in the standswatching the games thanon the pitch playing them.

“I went to the firstrugby practice in Grade 8

in 1982,”Thornhill said.“We had a full-contactpractice, full tackle, nomouth guards, nothing. Iwent to tackle one of thebiggest kids in the Grade,went head-to-head withhim. . . . My buddy wasplaying badminton, soI joined the badmintonteam.”

That lack of first-handrugby knowledge, however,did nothing to stopThornhill from starting upa program when he arrivedat Sutherland as a teacher.He got rugby going simplybecause he saw a need foranother sport, he said.

“When I first got toSutherland there weresoccer guys and therewere basketball guys,and that was kind ofit,” he said. “I noticedthat there were guys

graduating that you couldtell were good athletesbut soccer or basketballwasn’t necessarilytheir game. Guys weregraduating without reallyhaving played a lot ofsports. Getting rugby inthere provided anotheropportunity for a differentkind of athlete. It just gaveguys another option toplay sports.”

That first year wasrough though. Playingin the North ShoreGrade 8 league againstteams with long, proudrugby traditions, theSabres lost their firsteight games, some bymassively lopsided scores.Their season came downto a showdown againstWindsor, another fledgling

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team that also had a 0-8record.

“We won 10-0 in just aclash of the Titans,” saidThornhill with a laugh.“It’s funny though — theguys had lost eight gamesin a row leading up tothat game.Winning thatlast game, they fell in lovewith rugby.That’s kindof where it all got started.The next group comingin the next year, there wasmore excitement aboutrugby.We had a betterseason, and it’s just kind ofgone from there.”

Over the next few yearsthere was a steep learningcurve for everyone,including the coach.But Thornhill, alreadyinstalled as one of theschool’s go-to basketballguys, said that coaching iscoaching no matter whatthe sport.

“Just like I learnedbasketball and othersports, you study up, youtalk to other coaches,there’s so much online thatyou can learn,” he said. “Ifind the rugby coaches onthe North Shore, they’re

all totally happy to sharetheir expertise. It’s reallycollegial, I find. Each yearI peel off another layer andlearn more and more. It’sbeen a lot of fun totallylearning a new sport.”

The school was alsogifted with a couple of elitetalents including provincialteam players Jake Knaptonand all-around star ColeKeffer, who has suitedup for Canadian nationalteams in both rugby andultimate and is now astarter as a freshman onthe UBC rugby team. Dueto the ebbs and flows ofthe new rugby program,Keffer only suited up fortwo Sutherland rugbyteams and never got toplay at the senior level.His presence at the school,however, helped elevatethe sport.

“Even though thoseguys only played two yearsof rugby, all these youngerguys saw what Cole andthose guys did and Idefinitely think it helpedwith the momentum,” saidThornhill. “(Now) this isa totally different crew ofguys and they’re into it.They’re having a blast.”

This year is the firstthat Sutherland has fieldeda senior team and it hasdone very well so far,posting an undefeatedrecord in the LowerMainland Tier 2 leagueagainst other new-ishprograms.That successstems from years ofcompetition at the youngerage groups against eliteNorth Shore teams, saidThornhill.

“The North Shoreleague is so competitive,”he said. “Now that we’recrossing the bridge andplaying those other (Tier

2) teams, all those toughgames in Grade 8, 9 and10 against Rockridge, andCarson, and Collingwood— all of them are reallygood teams — we cross thebridge and all of a suddenit’s like, ‘Hey guys, we’reactually quite good.’Wejust happen to be playingin what is, I think, thetoughest league anywhere.Every game that we play inGrade 8, 9 and 10, they’regoing up against kids fromthe (Capilano) RugbyClub, or they have coacheswho played premier orCanada rugby, or havebeen coaching rugby for30 years, or did both.Thecompetition level here is sogood that playing againstall those guys in Grade 8,9, and 10 — anybody elsethat we play against, we’regoing to be fine.”

The Sabres now havea few high-level playerssuch as Ty Powell, a juniormember of the CapilanoRugby Club, on the roster,but for the most part theplayers are not rugbyexperts, said Thornhill.

“We have guys who arejust good athletes whowant to come out andplay,” he said. “What Ilove about this team is wehave a bunch of Grade 12guys in their final sportsseason saying, ‘Hey, Ihaven’t really done a lot atSutherland. I want to playon a team.’They’ve neverplayed rugby before, theyjust want to give it a try. . ..They’re good athletes andthey pick things up quicklyand they’re competitive,so they’re doing great outthere.”

Thornhill is hoping theteam will jump into thedog-eat-dog world of Tier1 rugby soon, although he

knows they’ll have theirwork cut out for themagainst the North Shore’sbest.

“I think we do need tochallenge ourselves andgoing Tier 1 is the nextstep, I hope,” he said. “Justlike with any high schoolsport you’ve got to keeppromoting it and keepworking at it. If you getcomfortable and relax fora year or two, your sportfalls. Kids come and goso quickly, you’ve got toconstantly keep workingand try to get better.Youcan’t let it slip. . . . If wecan get more players andmore coaches involved— there are so many greatathletes at this school, Ithink things would justtake off.”

No matter where theprogram goes from here,Thornhill has thoroughlyenjoyed watching it growso far.

“It’s awesome, I loveit,” he said. “There’ssomething about thegame of rugby — it reallybrings teams together.The camaraderie of theguys on and off the field,it’s really special. All theseguys who maybe neverwould have been friendsare now like best buddiesbecause in the middle ofa rugby game you have tosupport your teammates.They’re supporting eachother, and that feelingdefinitely carries off thefield. It creates great bondsbetween all the guys.”

The senior Sabres willtake on the B-team fromSt. Georges, the defendingAAA champion school, inan exhibition match nextweek before jumping intothe Lower Mainland Tier 2playoffs beginning May 6.

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